Donna Air (born 2 August 1979) is an English media personality, singer, and actress.

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Donna Marie Theresa Air (born 2 August 1979) is an English media personality, singer and actress. Air was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. As a former pupil of Gosforth High School,[1] Donna attended the Drama School at First Act in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she was a pupil alongside Jill Halfpenny and Anthony McPartlin.
Donna started her career age 10 on the hit BBC series CBBC Byker Grove, just over 20 years ago. She then became part of pop duo Crush touring America, Japan and South East Asia, returned to England after signing to MTV hosting daily live show - MTV Select, and later became a presenter of several shows, including, The Big Breakfast for Channel 4, TFI Friday with Huey Morgan (from Fun Lovin' Criminals), Popstars: The Rivals Extra for ITV (the show that created Girls Aloud), to name a few. She has also acted in many television dramas, most recently Hollyoaks and Hotel Babylon, BBC TV comedy Operation Good Guys, Catherine Cookson's six parter A Dinner of Herbs, and Lynda La Plante's Supply and Demand. Air appeared in the films Still Crazy (1998), The Mummy Returns, and Bad Day amongst others.
Air presented on Five's early evening, magazine programme Live from Studio Five, alongside regular presenter of the programme, Kate Walsh.
Donna also is a brand ambassador for Health Lottery, Burberry, Next, Westfield, Olay, Cadbury's and Triumph. She is regularly seen in the front row during London Fashion Week.
Donna has worked with the Soil Association, promoting organic milk, launching the Nursery Food report at Downing Street, and edited the Grown in Britain cookbook. She also wrote a series of funny dating blogs for eHarmony, which are to be made into a series.
On 13 January 2013, Donna was revealed as one of the celebrity contestants to compete in Olympic diver Tom Daley's new diving show Splash!! She replaced Jennifer Metcalfe, after Jennifer's recent split from Dancing On Ice pro Sylvain Longchambon.[2] Donna also revealed during the show, she was scared of heights and eventually placed 4th and eliminated.
Personal life
She had a long term relationship with Damian Aspinall, step-grandson of Sir George Osborne and owner of Aspers, an entertainment company, until July 2007. Their daughter Freya Air Aspinall was born in Westminster, London in September 2003.[3] Air and Aspinall are no longer a couple.[4] Prior to their breakup the couple caused a stir by announcing their intention to place their baby daughter in the care of a gorilla in a ritual Aspinall's older children had already taken part in.[5]
In April 2013 it was reported that she was dating James Middleton, brother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. [6][7]
Her charity work is ongoing and supports Macmillan Cancer Support, Race for Life, Sport Relief, Jeans for Genes to name a few. Donna always talks about benefits of organic food, is an advocate for Bikram Yoga, and Pilates.
In March 2012, Air was acquitted of a charge of obtaining a parking permit by false representation; the case was heard at Isleworth Crown Court.[8] She had obtained a second parking permit for the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea whilst already having one for the borough of Westminster. She had claimed not to realise that it was against council regulations to hold permits for two London boroughs at the same time.[8] The jury accepted her account that her home help had completed the forms on her behalf, and that Air had simply signed them being too busy to read all of the terms and conditions.[8]

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